by Russ Walker
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Just Freakin' Read It
Why the ‘SuperFreakonomics’ global-warming chapter is worth your time 12
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago There's plenty to jeer about in Superfreakonomics' treatment of global warming, but two ideas presented by the authors deserve greater discussion in the world of climate wonkery. Read More -
Tim Flannery boils it down
Put a cap on it, America! 4
Posted 1 month ago The U.S. Congress absolutely must pass climate legislation that puts a cap on the country's total carbon emissions, Australian climate activist Tim Flannery says. Failure to do so will undermine the international climate talks. Read More -
Every day is climate action day...
A Savage way to save the world 3
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago We can't save the world through keystrokes or oar strokes alone. As Roz Savage's example shows us, we gotta get outside and stand together to save the planet. Stand together, not just on Blog Action Day or on October 24, but every day, in little and big ways. That's how movements become reality. Read More -
Lame theory
The computer has spoken: Copenhagen will be a failure 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago Game theorist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has run the numbers and concluded the Copenhagen climate talks will be a failure. Read More -
Clunk You, Detroit!
Cash-for-Clunkers returns from the dead ... until Labor Day 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago The Senate celebrated the imminent arrival of the annual August recess by confirming Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination and ponying up an additional $2 billion for the highly successful (though dubiously green) cash-for-clunkers program. Read More -
ACES low...
Obama stays on message ... health care, health care, health care 5
Posted 4 months ago President Obama made a single, passing reference to clean energy in his July 22 primetime press conference. After that, it was all health care. Read More -
Last of the 'dead enders'
Palin eschews facts and economics in blasting cap-and-trade bill 9
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago When the person John McCain once said knows more about energy policy than anyone else in America pens an op-ed for one of the nation's highest-regarded newspapers, it's time to pay attention and learn something. Uh, maybe not... Read More -
FOE: An in-depth look at the Waxman-Markey bill 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago Friends of the Earth staff discuss various provisions of the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill that passed the House on June 26. Read More -
TV Ad: Tell Congress to Pass Obama Green Jobs Energy Bill 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago Americans United for Change unveiled a new television ad hailing the House’s passage of cap-and-trade legislation. Read More -
Hidden costs of Obama’s energy bill 2
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago A brief look at the costs of both the Obama energy bill and the Republican energy plan … the Republican option being global warming. Read More
